The Ugly City

from To Love or Not to Care by Citylake

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THE UGLY CITY

I took a trip, I took a trip, I took a trip to the ugly city
I lost my soul, I lost my soul, I lost my soul in the ugly city

Where love is a dish
Revenge served in bed
Where thoughts light fires
In vicarious killers
Where Jesus lives at the end of a glass
And God's been run out of town
And there's no one else around
No one else around
To witness the death of love

From the frozen backseat
Of a Saturday night cab
Neon sleaze, black satin-sheets
bring back the seventies
You're the only one left inside
When the party's over
And love is asleep
Too tired to try
Too tired to try
In the ugly city

To love or not to care
I ask the question
In a sea of oblivion
In need of a vision
Waiting for pain to kick-in
To love or not to care
I must decide
With or against the tide
When love has died
By media-suicide
What is here stays here
What is here stays here
In the ugly city
In the ugly city

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from To Love or Not to Care, released February 16, 2018
Music by Citylake
Lyrics: Martin Saint

CITYLAKE
Julie Abel: Piano, Keyboards
John Gurnsey: Drums, Percussion
Martin Saint: Vocals, Guitars
Andrew Sudlow: Bass

Additional Percussion by Fred Bouchard

Produced, recorded and mixed by Fred Bouchard.
Mastered by Richard Addison, Trillium Sound Mastering.
Sleeve design, artwork: Patricia Joong.
Band Logo: Benoît Thériault
©2018 Citylake. All rights reserved.

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Citylake Montreal, Québec

A Montreal-based quartet active from 2009 to 2019. After a few lineup changes, only bandleader Martin Saint remained from the early days. After the release of their 3rd E.P, To Love or Not to Care, they opened for BC's shoegaze band Did You Die and performed on Concordia University CJLO's Pancake Party show. Here are their three studio E.Ps, as well as the mini live album of their radio set. ... more

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